Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Government

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Canada

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Canada. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 23 Aug 2026

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08/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:18

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (1 shows)

5. Canada Revenue Agency (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Transistor (11 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
4	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
5	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
6	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	257	Acast	89
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
11	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
13	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
14	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
18	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
19	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	20	Buzzsprout	68
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
21	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
24	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	250	ABC Australia	38
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
28	Une personne sur cinq : parlons santé mentale avec Florence K - Gouvernement du Québec	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	6	Unknown	58
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
30	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58
31	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
32	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
33	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
34	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
39	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
40	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
41	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
43	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
46	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
47	The Last Breath — A Podcast About Death And Dying	Andrew Johnstone	Government & Organizations	25	Unknown	32
48	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	93	Megaphone	38
49	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	66	Podbean	42
50	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
51	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
52	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
53	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
54	Dairy Stream	Dairy Stream	Government	98	Podbean	58
55	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
56	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
57	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
58	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
59	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
60	Jump Seat de l'ARC	L’Aviation royale canadienne (ARC)	Government	10	Transistor	63
61	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
63	Luv Lighthouse with Vikki Elizabeth Semple	Vikki Semple	Government	1155	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Light On Conspiracies	Ole Dammegard	Government	2	Soundcloud	53
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
66	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	110	Acast	79
67	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
68	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
69	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
70	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
71	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	33	Transistor	78
72	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	119	BBC	28
73	Something Different with John and Sarah	Something Different	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	37
74	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
76	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	75	Transistor	72
77	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	21	Substack	53
78	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
79	Walescast	BBC Radio Wales	Government	113	BBC	28
80	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
81	Winning the Public Purse with David Kincade Details temporarily unavailable	David Kincade \| Government Grants &  Public Funding Expert	Government	10	N/A	N/A
82	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
83	AEI Podcast Channel	American Enterprise Institute	Government	109	Captivate	38
84	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
85	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
86	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
89	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
90	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
91	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
92	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	Fora do Baralho	Rádio Observador	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
95	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
96	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
97	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
98	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	149	Captivate	79
99	Resilient HERoes	Laura James - Resilient Heroes	Government	33	Buzzsprout	58
100	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43

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